SharePoint 2010 Operating System Requirements
Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:14:01 AM
There has been a lot of confusion associated with SharePoint 2010 and what it will and won't run on. I was particularly interested to know about its ability to run on Windows 7. I finally found a bit more definitive information on the subject.
Windows version/edition (64 bit only)
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SharePoint 2010 support
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation
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No
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
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Yes
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
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Yes
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
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Yes
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Windows Web Server 2008 R2
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No
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Windows HPC Server 2008
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No
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Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based systems
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No
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Windows Server 2008 Standard
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Yes
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Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
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Yes
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Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
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Yes
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Windows Web Server 2008
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No
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Windows Storage Server 2008
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No
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Windows Small Business Server 2008
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Yes*
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Windows Essential Business Server 2008
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Yes*
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Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems
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No
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Windows Server 2008 Foundation
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No
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Windows Vista
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Developer-only**
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Windows 7
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Developer-only**
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* Small and Essential Business Server editions of Windows install SharePoint as an optional component.
** Support for specific editions of Windows 7/Vista are yet to be finalized, but are likely to be 'Business'/'Professional' editions and above.
Taken from Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog and more can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2010/01/22/operating-system-requirements-of-sharepoint-2010.aspx